Taiwan’s Kevin Yu fired eight birdies as he took a one-shot lead after the first round of The Farmers Insurance Open in San Diego.
Yu carded a bogey-free 64 on the North Course at Torrey Pines, a birdie at the last edging him ahead of America’s Patrick Cantlay and Japan’s Ryo Hisatsune.
Ireland’s Shane Lowry and England’s Aaron Rai are among a group a further shot back after opening 66s, along with former Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama, Germany’s Thomas Detry and Alejandro Tosti of Argentina.
Nicolai Hojgaard, who finished seventh at the Dubai Desert Classic, and America’s Nick Hardy were the best of those who started on the more difficult South Course – their 67s leaving them amid a large group on five-under-par.
Hojgaard’s first start as a full-time member of the PGA Tour came despite jetlag and just nine holes on the North Course in practice.
“You’ve got to try to find a way,” the Danish Ryder Cup star told the PGA Tour website. “I’ll just push myself until we feel like the jetlag’s gone.”
“I think sometimes you can take advantage of not knowing the golf course and you’re just thinking about your execution. I felt like that was the only thing I was doing today.”
| Pos. | Player | To Par | R1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin Yu(NC) | -8 | 64 |
| T2 | Patrick Cantlay(NC) | -7 | 65 |
| T2 | Ryo Hisatsune(NC) | -7 | 65 |
| T4 | Hideki Matsuyama(NC) | -6 | 66 |
| T4 | Shane Lowry(NC) | -6 | 66 |
| T4 | Thomas Detry(NC) | -6 | 66 |
| T4 | Aaron Rai(NC) | -6 | 66 |
| T4 | Alejandro Tosti(NC) | -6 | 66 |
| T9 | Nicolai Højgaard(SC) | -5 | 67 |
| T9 | Matt NeSmith(NC) | -5 | 67 |
| T9 | Maverick McNealy(NC) | -5 | 67 |
| T9 | Michael Kim(NC) | -5 | 67 |
| T9 | Collin Morikawa(NC) | -5 | 67 |
| T9 | Justin Suh(NC) | -5 | 67 |
| T9 | Chesson Hadley(NC) | -5 | 67 |
| T9 | Nick Hardy(SC) | -5 | 67 |
| T9 | Emiliano Grillo(NC) | -5 | 67 |
| T9 | Bronson Burgoon(NC) | -5 | 67 |
| T19 | Austin Eckroat(SC) | -4 | 68 |
| T19 | Stephan Jaeger(SC) | -4 | 68 |
| T19 | Ludvig Åberg(NC) | -4 | 68 |
| T19 | Scott Stallings(SC) | -4 | 68 |
| T19 | Lee Hodges(NC) | -4 | 68 |
| T19 | Harris English(NC) | -4 | 68 |
| T19 | Jacob Bridgeman(SC) | -4 | 68 |
| T19 | Chandler Phillips(NC) | -4 | 68 |
| T19 | Marcus Byrd(NC) | -4 | 68 |
| T19 | Rico Hoey(NC) | -4 | 68 |
| T19 | Beau Hossler(NC) | -4 | 68 |
| T19 | Taylor Montgomery(NC) | -4 | 68 |
| T19 | Vincent Norrman(NC) | -4 | 68 |
| T19 | Adrien Dumont de Chassart(NC) | -4 | 68 |
| T19 | Chris Gotterup(NC) | -4 | 68 |
| T34 | Mark Hubbard(NC) | -3 | 69 |
| T34 | Justin Rose(NC) | -3 | 69 |
| T34 | Zac Blair(SC) | -3 | 69 |
| T34 | S.H. Kim(SC) | -3 | 69 |
| T34 | Doug Ghim(NC) | -3 | 69 |
| T34 | Aaron Baddeley(NC) | -3 | 69 |
| T34 | Ben Silverman(NC) | -3 | 69 |
| T34 | Tony Finau(SC) | -3 | 69 |
| T34 | Xander Schauffele(SC) | -3 | 69 |
| T34 | Nico Echavarria(NC) | -3 | 69 |
| T34 | Max Greyserman(NC) | -3 | 69 |
| T34 | Matthieu Pavon(NC) | -3 | 69 |
| T34 | Jake Knapp(NC) | -3 | 69 |
| T34 | Michael Block(NC) | -3 | 69 |
| T48 | Charley Hoffman(SC) | -2 | 70 |
| T48 | Ryan Fox(NC) | -2 | 70 |
| T48 | Ben Taylor(NC) | -2 | 70 |
| T48 | Dylan Wu(SC) | -2 | 70 |
| T48 | Tyson Alexander(NC) | -2 | 70 |
| T48 | Joseph Bramlett(NC) | -2 | 70 |
| T48 | Carson Young(NC) | -2 | 70 |
| T48 | Francesco Molinari(SC) | -2 | 70 |
| T48 | Adam Schenk(SC) | -2 | 70 |
| T48 | Taylor Moore(SC) | -2 | 70 |
| T48 | Brandt Snedeker(SC) | -2 | 70 |
| T48 | Mackenzie Hughes(NC) | -2 | 70 |
| T48 | Joe Highsmith(SC) | -2 | 70 |
| T48 | Sami Valimaki(NC) | -2 | 70 |
| T48 | Tom Whitney(SC) | -2 | 70 |
| T48 | Trace Crowe(SC) | -2 | 70 |
| T48 | Robby Shelton(SC) | -2 | 70 |
| T48 | Troy Merritt(NC) | -2 | 70 |
| T48 | Luke List(SC) | -2 | 70 |
| T48 | Akshay Bhatia(SC) | -2 | 70 |
| T48 | Paul Barjon(NC) | -2 | 70 |
| T48 | Max Homa(SC) | -2 | 70 |
| T48 | Rafael Campos(SC) | -2 | 70 |
| T48 | Wilson Furr(NC) | -2 | 70 |
| T72 | Roger Sloan(SC) | -1 | 71 |
| T72 | Justin Lower(NC) | -1 | 71 |
| T72 | Andrew Novak(NC) | -1 | 71 |
| T72 | Lanto Griffin(SC) | -1 | 71 |
| T72 | Ryan Brehm(SC) | -1 | 71 |
| T72 | J.J. Spaun(NC) | -1 | 71 |
| T72 | Keith Mitchell(NC) | -1 | 71 |
| T72 | Taiga Semikawa(SC) | -1 | 71 |
| T72 | Parker Coody(NC) | -1 | 71 |
| T72 | Victor Perez(NC) | -1 | 71 |
| T72 | Kevin Streelman(NC) | -1 | 71 |
| T72 | Sam Stevens(NC) | -1 | 71 |
| T72 | Sam Ryder(NC) | -1 | 71 |
| T72 | Ben Kohles(NC) | -1 | 71 |
| T72 | Chad Ramey(SC) | -1 | 71 |
| T72 | Gary Woodland(SC) | -1 | 71 |
| T72 | K.H. Lee(NC) | -1 | 71 |
| T72 | Tom Hoge(SC) | -1 | 71 |
| T90 | Will Gordon(SC) | Par | 72 |
| T90 | Ryan Moore(NC) | Par | 72 |
| T90 | Erik Barnes(SC) | Par | 72 |
| T90 | Sahith Theegala(NC) | Par | 72 |
| T90 | Daniel Berger(NC) | Par | 72 |
| T90 | Kevin Dougherty(SC) | Par | 72 |
| T90 | Norman Xiong(SC) | Par | 72 |
| T90 | Patrick Fishburn(SC) | Par | 72 |
| T90 | Adam Long(SC) | Par | 72 |
| T90 | Chad Hambright(NC) | Par | 72 |
| T90 | Harrison Endycott(NC) | Par | 72 |
| T90 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout(SC) | Par | 72 |
| T90 | Ben Griffin(SC) | Par | 72 |
| T90 | Min Woo Lee(SC) | Par | 72 |
| T90 | Alex Chiarella(SC) | Par | 72 |
| T90 | Pierceson Coody(SC) | Par | 72 |
| T90 | Alexander Björk(SC) | Par | 72 |
| T90 | Cameron Sisk(NC) | Par | 72 |
| T108 | Greyson Sigg(SC) | +1 | 73 |
| T108 | Vince Whaley(SC) | +1 | 73 |
| T108 | Taylor Pendrith(SC) | +1 | 73 |
| T108 | Callum Tarren(NC) | +1 | 73 |
| T108 | Scott Gutschewski(NC) | +1 | 73 |
| T108 | Carl Yuan(NC) | +1 | 73 |
| T108 | Ben Martin(SC) | +1 | 73 |
| T108 | Hayden Buckley(SC) | +1 | 73 |
| T108 | Peter Malnati(SC) | +1 | 73 |
| T108 | Josh Teater(SC) | +1 | 73 |
| T108 | Matt Wallace(SC) | +1 | 73 |
| T108 | Will Zalatoris(SC) | +1 | 73 |
| T108 | Sepp Straka(NC) | +1 | 73 |
| T108 | David Skinns(SC) | +1 | 73 |
| T108 | Jimmy Stanger(NC) | +1 | 73 |
| T108 | Raul Pereda(NC) | +1 | 73 |
| T108 | Patrick Rodgers(SC) | +1 | 73 |
| T108 | Garrick Higgo(SC) | +1 | 73 |
| T108 | David Lipsky(SC) | +1 | 73 |
| T108 | Nate Lashley(SC) | +1 | 73 |
| T108 | Davis Thompson(SC) | +1 | 73 |
| T108 | Sungjae Im(SC) | +1 | 73 |
| T108 | Alex Smalley(SC) | +1 | 73 |
| T108 | Hayden Springer(NC) | +1 | 73 |
| T108 | J.B. Holmes(NC) | +1 | 73 |
| T108 | Keegan Bradley(SC) | +1 | 73 |
| T108 | Davis Riley(SC) | +1 | 73 |
| T108 | Ryan McCormick(SC) | +1 | 73 |
| T108 | Nicholas Lindheim(NC) | +1 | 73 |
| T108 | Chris Naegel(NC) | +1 | 73 |
| T138 | Stewart Cink(NC) | +2 | 74 |
| T138 | Seamus Power(SC) | +2 | 74 |
| T138 | Chez Reavie(SC) | +2 | 74 |
| T138 | Blaine Hale, Jr.(NC) | +2 | 74 |
| T138 | Mac Meissner(SC) | +2 | 74 |
| T138 | Eric Cole(NC) | +2 | 74 |
| T138 | Billy Horschel(NC) | +2 | 74 |
| T138 | Jason Day(SC) | +2 | 74 |
| T146 | Matti Schmid(SC) | +3 | 75 |
| T146 | Adam Svensson(SC) | +3 | 75 |
| T146 | Cameron Champ(SC) | +3 | 75 |
| T146 | Tyler Duncan(SC) | +3 | 75 |
| T146 | Harry Hall(SC) | +3 | 75 |
| T146 | Nick Watney(SC) | +3 | 75 |
| T152 | Martin Laird(SC) | +4 | 76 |
| T152 | Chan Kim(SC) | +4 | 76 |
| T152 | Joel Dahmen(SC) | +4 | 76 |
| T155 | Jhonattan Vegas(SC) | +6 | 78 |
| T155 | Robert MacIntyre(SC) | +6 | 78 |
